diff --git a/src/uu/stat/src/stat.rs b/src/uu/stat/src/stat.rs
index 7d2ad04b0..c26bca394 100644
--- a/src/uu/stat/src/stat.rs
+++ b/src/uu/stat/src/stat.rs
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 #[macro_use]
 extern crate uucore;
 use uucore::display::Quotable;
-use uucore::error::{UResult, USimpleError};
+use uucore::error::{FromIo, UResult, USimpleError};
 use uucore::fs::display_permissions;
 use uucore::fsext::{
     pretty_filetype, pretty_fstype, pretty_time, read_fs_list, statfs, BirthTime, FsMeta,
@@ -501,7 +501,8 @@ impl Stater {
             // mount points aren't displayed when showing filesystem information
             None
         } else {
-            let mut mount_list = read_fs_list()?
+            let mut mount_list = read_fs_list()
+                .map_err_context(|| "cannot read table of mounted file systems".into())?
                 .iter()
                 .map(|mi| mi.mount_dir.clone())
                 .collect::<Vec<String>>();